Definition of iris

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Iris (n.) The contractile membrane perforated by the pupil, and forming the colored portion of the eye. See Eye..

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Brehon :: Brehon (n.) An ancient Irish or Scotch judge.
Memoirist :: Memoirist (n.) A writer of memoirs.
Gladiate :: Gladiate (a.) Sword-shaped; resembling a sword in form, as the leaf of the iris, or of the gladiolus..
Vampirism :: Vampirism (n.) Belief in the existence of vampires.
Absentee :: Absentee (n.) One who absents himself from his country, office, post, or duty; especially, a landholder who lives in another country or district than that where his estate is situated; as, an Irish absentee..
Irish :: Irish (a.) Of or pertaining to Ireland or to its inhabitants; produced in Ireland.
Rudd :: Rudd (n.) A fresh-water European fish of the Carp family (Leuciscus erythrophthalmus). It is about the size and shape of the roach, but it has the dorsal fin farther back, a stouter body, and red irises. Called also redeye, roud, finscale, and shallow. A blue variety is called azurine, or blue roach..
Quirister :: Quirister (n.) A chorister. See Chorister.
Light-footed :: Light-footed (a.) Having a light, springy step; nimble in running or dancing; active; as, light-foot Iris..
Flower-de-luce :: Flower-de-luce (n.) A genus of perennial herbs (Iris) with swordlike leaves and large three-petaled flowers often of very gay colors, but probably white in the plant first chosen for the royal French emblem..
Wake :: Wake (n.) The sitting up of persons with a dead body, often attended with a degree of festivity, chiefly among the Irish..
Iridectomy :: Iridectomy (n.) The act or process of cutting out a portion of the iris in order to form an artificial pupil.
Banshie :: Banshie (n.) A supernatural being supposed by the Irish and Scotch peasantry to warn a family of the speedy death of one of its members, by wailing or singing in a mournful voice under the windows of the house..
Shamrock :: Shamrock (n.) A trifoliate plant used as a national emblem by the Irish. The legend is that St. Patrick once plucked a leaf of it for use in illustrating the doctrine of the trinity.
Voltairism :: Voltairism (n.) The theories or practice of Voltaire.
Irian :: Irian (a.) Of or pertaining to the iris.
Irised :: Irised (a.) Having colors like those of the rainbow; iridescent.
Wall-eye :: Wall-eye (n.) An eye in which the iris is of a very light gray or whitish color; -- said usually of horses.
Fleur-de-lis :: Fleur-de-lis (n.) The iris. See Flower-de-luce.
Biddy :: Biddy (n.) An Irish serving woman or girl.
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